RFC - 2831
Using Digest Authentication as a SASL Mechanism
| Original: | ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2831.txt |
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| Authors: | P. Leach [Microsoft], C. Newman [Innosoft] |
| Date: | May 2000 |
| Category: | Proposed Standard |
| Referred by: | 16 RFC |
| Refers to: | 12 RFC |
Status
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This specification defines how HTTP Digest Authentication [Digest] can be used as a SASL [RFC2222] mechanism for any protocol that has a SASL profile. It is intended both as an improvement over CRAM-MD5 [RFC2195] and as a convenient way to support a single authentication mechanism for web, mail, LDAP, and other protocols.
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